Assistant Planner

The Vacancy

Build Your Career as an Assistant Project Planner
Make an Impact. Learn. Grow. Shape the Future of Construction.

Lay the foundations for your successful career with Wates. Join our forward-thinking Construction Team in Suffolk, where we deliver cutting-edge, high-profile projects across a variety of exciting sectors.

We’re looking for ambitious individuals who thrive on collaboration, love solving challenges, and want to work in a team that values creativity and innovation.

This is your chance to learn from some of the best in the industry, build your skills, and become part of a supportive and diverse team that’s reshaping the world of construction.

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What You’ll Be Doing

As an Assistant Project Planner, you’ll play a key role in helping projects succeed. Every day will bring new opportunities to grow your skills and contribute to meaningful projects.

Here’s what your role will include:

• Learning the Ropes: Support the team in tracking progress, collecting data, and analyzing project trends to create impactful performance reports.
• Collaborating with Teams: Work closely with site teams and partners to develop project plans that keep things on track and anticipate challenges.
• Problem Solving: Get creative by proposing smart solutions that enhance outcomes for both the company and our clients.
• Exploring New Tools: Gain hands-on experience with industry-leading planning software like ASTA Powerproject (and learn others like P6 along the way).

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Why Join Us?

• Grow Your Career: Get the training, mentorship, and real-world experience you need to become a leader in construction.
• Be Part of Something Big: Work on projects that matter and make an impact on communities and industries.
• Stay Ahead: Be part of a company that embraces innovation and encourages fresh ideas.
• Work with a Great Team: Join a supportive group of people who are as driven as you are.

Other benefits include:

• Competitive salary & profit share scheme
• Flexible working
• Car Allowance / Company Car *
• Travel covered to any of our sites*
• Extensive corporate benefits including, Private Medical, Pension 8% employers contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 26 days holidays + bank holidays and much more…
• One of the best learning and development programmes which is customizable to support your career progression goals. (c.7000 training sessions delivered year to date across the WATES Group)
• Industry leading family leave benefits to included 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 12 weeks fully paid paternity.

(*Subject to role…….)

To find out more about LIFE AT WATES please click on the following link https://www.wates.co.uk/careers/

We are always looking for a variety of new talent to join our teams, to help us grow and innovate as a business. Although you may not have all of the skills listed, many of them may be transferable to other roles within the WATES Group.

If you would like clarity on any of our vacancies or to discuss career opportunities in strict confidence, please contact our In-House Recruitment Team directly via recruitment@wates.co.uk and one of us will get in touch as soon as possible.

As a responsible and inclusive employer, we are committed to equality and are proud to have been recognised for this through a range of accolades including gold accreditation with Investors in People, we are also a Disability Confident employer. Being a family owned, business means we understand and value long term relationships.

Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant’s criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks.

To learn more about the checks included in this process, please click on the following link: National Security Vetting

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies.  Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

• Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
• Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
• Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer.  We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.